I'm not sure what the first hour of the finale will consist of. It could be a second Brazil leg that may or may not be continued from the first Brazil leg. There also may be the final elimination at the end of the first hour or an old fashioned finale three NEL.

Also there could just be a lot of footage from the final and they stretch it into two hours.

A final 3 NEL wouldn't work I think, because I don't think TPTB would want a team doing a Speed Bump in the final leg.

Schloss Schallaburg is about 80 miles west of the Vienna Airport, just off the A-1......so teams drove 80 miles to get that book, then 80 miles back to Vienna to do the Detours........then back down the same highway, the A-1 to Salzburg to do the RB and Pit Stop.

Schloss Schallaburg is about 80 miles west of the Vienna Airport, just off the A-1......so teams drove 80 miles to get that book, then 80 miles back to Vienna to do the Detours........then back down the same highway, the A-1 to Salzburg to do the RB and Pit Stop.

Well, how else could they had advertised the new Ford Focus and the famous back camera? They only time we can actually see the cars is usually when the get on them at the beginning, if they had gone straight from the airport to Vienna and picked up the cars later it would't be a very effective product placement.

Schloss Schallaburg is about 80 miles west of the Vienna Airport, just off the A-1......so teams drove 80 miles to get that book, then 80 miles back to Vienna to do the Detours........then back down the same highway, the A-1 to Salzburg to do the RB and Pit Stop.

It gave the teams something to do in the early morning hours, spread out the field, avoided HoO and let them film the Detour during daylight hours.

How could Zev & Justin have passed almost every other team on the road to Salzburg without speeding? Aren't there rules on the race that regulate speed on the roads? I'm surprised they did not receive a penalty...

How could Zev & Justin have passed almost every other team on the road to Salzburg without speeding? Aren't there rules on the race that regulate speed on the roads? I'm surprised they did not receive a penalty...

How could Zev & Justin have passed almost every other team on the road to Salzburg without speeding? Aren't there rules on the race that regulate speed on the roads? I'm surprised they did not receive a penalty...

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I would have liked a bit more about getting into the sweep costume, getting up on the roof, who was ahead/behind....

But product placement uses up a LOT of our precious 42 minutes. I get the need for it, really I do...but still....SIGH.

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I would have liked a bit more about getting into the sweep costume, getting up on the roof, who was ahead/behind....

But product placement uses up a LOT of our precious 42 minutes. I get the need for it, really I do...but still....SIGH.

At least they got them to get a clue from the back mirror of the car.. which was interesting as Gary and Mallory fumbled and it seemed they never got their lead back again.. until at the Detour they were 3rd to get the clue but got into trouble again.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I think Ford's presence is a good sign, actually. The Ford Focus is a next-generation sort of vehicle with the hybrid power and high tech features, so it would appeal to the TAR demographic.

As least the product placement was actually related to having a clue that the teams had to solve; notice how teams had problems reading the letters for the location backwards. A legitimate clue (of which we had a few this leg.)

I'm really sorry but this episode was pretty boring, especially the chimney sweeps task and Freud's one

In This season most of the tasks are boring.. .I think the production has some budget problems..... Hoping they bring back the old amazing race, with breathtaking, fun and unique tasks......They worse every yearTar 1 Tar 5 Tar 9 Tar 13 Tar 15 Tar 17 Tar 18

How could Zev & Justin have passed almost every other team on the road to Salzburg without speeding? Aren't there rules on the race that regulate speed on the roads? I'm surprised they did not receive a penalty...

There have been a handful of legs where Racers are told outright that they must maintain a speed of less than X for safety reasons, and Production will penalize them if they go over that X. But most of the time, it is indeed 'go as fast as you feel is prudent' and we have seen teams getting pulled over for speeding (and I think getting tickets) in previous Races.